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that is a great implication on the foreign policy and great implications on people's future. and i'm frustrated when i come back to my district and i have people coming to my town hall meetings saying we want the jobs and i have to tell them i'm sorry that someone from the pa isn't letting us have the jobs. please, open your heart up and get these permits done. they've done the work and they've complied with the regulations. i don't see -- for two weeks basically shut down the government. it shouldn't take months to recuperate for two weeks lost. i don't know. i even have a plan that's not in my district, but a planned now all of the lead plants are closed in the united states. they spent a million dollars upgrading and now the chinese are going to produce the lead. when they get x-rays they will be coming from china. i am just really frustrated that we have so much opportunity in this country and again and again and again it comes back to you or administration where i hear it's locked up their end of their. i would love for you to come with me to a town hall meeting where we
that is a great implication on the foreign policy and great implications on people's future. and i'm frustrated when i come back to my district and i have people coming to my town hall meetings saying we want the jobs and i have to tell them i'm sorry that someone from the pa isn't letting us have the jobs. please, open your heart up and get these permits done. they've done the work and they've complied with the regulations. i don't see -- for two weeks basically shut down the government. it...
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and we are not, tonight, we are not going to ask you to explain chinese foreign policy. >> that's certainly what it's like in america. [laughter] to all the better reason. okay. but we are going to ask you to explain why it is that the u.s. government gets so worried about technology built by companies not just huawei technologies. and your concern is the following that if you bring a piece of equipment and they basically make the skeletons backbone of the internet in a way, and you bring an it in from a country from which you believe is searching at least on the espionage level of intellectual property theft, we won't go yet to the other definitions. then you are inviting into the united states hardware that a foreign country can exploit whether they are with the permissions or not. so they can use that to help infiltrate the data that they want or understand the structure of networks in the country, and that is why we have such a trouble in recent times in the u.s. market and you had one of your executives say that they were not that interested in the u.s. market with these restrictions.
and we are not, tonight, we are not going to ask you to explain chinese foreign policy. >> that's certainly what it's like in america. [laughter] to all the better reason. okay. but we are going to ask you to explain why it is that the u.s. government gets so worried about technology built by companies not just huawei technologies. and your concern is the following that if you bring a piece of equipment and they basically make the skeletons backbone of the internet in a way, and you bring...
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. >> reporter: a number of presidents in their second terms have focused heavily on foreign policy. and now that mr. obama has begun the job of replacing his outgoing secretaries of state and defense and the director of the cia, he'll have some new faces to work with on his foreign policy team. joe johns, cnn, washington. >> and next hour, we take a closer look at the issues that will likely define president obama's second term. >>> randi, what's coming up next? >> we have a whole lot still ahead, victor. she set fashion trends four years ago when president obama was sworn into office, so what will michelle obama wear to this weekend's inaugural events? we'll have a look at the first lady's fashion, coming up. >>> i think that there's no more higher purpose right now than to take care of folks, put themselves in harm's way, protect our freedoms. >> more than half a million folks have done more than one tour. that's a tremendous emotional and physical burden we've put on our folks that's totally unprecedented. >> we're acknowledging that people are always going to have some effect. w
. >> reporter: a number of presidents in their second terms have focused heavily on foreign policy. and now that mr. obama has begun the job of replacing his outgoing secretaries of state and defense and the director of the cia, he'll have some new faces to work with on his foreign policy team. joe johns, cnn, washington. >> and next hour, we take a closer look at the issues that will likely define president obama's second term. >>> randi, what's coming up next? >> we...
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is going to conduct foreign policy when it comes to that issue in the world, this idea of leading from behind? >> i think that that is -- has certainly been the tenor recently and it looks like it will continue to be. let's lead from behind. let's provide support where we can. but let's not just get actively involved and in it up to our wastes. >> okay. we'll leave it there. we appreciate your time from houston this morning. >>> now, over to japan. a speed change in mon tar policy under way and a share role on tokyo and equation. >> foifrt fist time, the bank of japan a suggesting'ing a 2% pure chasing. from the jot set, today's decision was an exercise, so to speak, in showing that the central bank and the government are on the same page when it comes to trying reflat the japanese economy. here is what the governor had to say. >> the government has again pledged to take concrete steps towards the sustainable fiscal struck structure. we have high expectations for the government's measures. >> but here comes the tricky part. the bank of japan is also saying today that they think prices
is going to conduct foreign policy when it comes to that issue in the world, this idea of leading from behind? >> i think that that is -- has certainly been the tenor recently and it looks like it will continue to be. let's lead from behind. let's provide support where we can. but let's not just get actively involved and in it up to our wastes. >> okay. we'll leave it there. we appreciate your time from houston this morning. >>> now, over to japan. a speed change in mon tar...
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it should not be our foreign policy. it is a tool but many of our tools should be developed through prom -- diplomacy and soft power and john brennan understands this. one thing i hope he will do after he is confirmed, and i predict he will be, is take a fresh look at the cia mission, reduce the paramilitary part of that mission, that should be offloaded mostly to the pentagon with the exception of an intelligence function. -- the rest of the things the seat a dutch to be more conditional. host: are you talking about drones? guest: the cia has a huge role in our use of drones. it follows very careful legal steps. some can disagree and i disagree with portions of it but what i am saying is the role of the cia in executing drawn missions should be reduced. i think drawn missions over time to be reduced. the pentagon to be the place where military and paramilitary activities are launched and directed. the intel peace can happen at cia, at the operation of drones, it should move out of the cia and move to the pentagon. host:
it should not be our foreign policy. it is a tool but many of our tools should be developed through prom -- diplomacy and soft power and john brennan understands this. one thing i hope he will do after he is confirmed, and i predict he will be, is take a fresh look at the cia mission, reduce the paramilitary part of that mission, that should be offloaded mostly to the pentagon with the exception of an intelligence function. -- the rest of the things the seat a dutch to be more conditional....
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a spokesman said she called into thursday's meeting of the foreign policy advisory board. secretary clinton spent three days in the hospital being treated for a blood clot discovered during a follow-up exam for a concussion she suffered last month. mrs. clinton plans to return to work next week. >>> well, president obama is continuing his holiday vacation in hawaii. one day after returning to the island, the president treated his daughters to some bowling and an iconic hawaiian island treat. shaved ice. the president has been said to have emerged with a blue and red multiflavored ice in hand. >> more than 5,000 miles away, vice president joe biden was participating in a mock swearing in of new senators when this awkward but funny moment happened with democrat heidi highcamp of north dakota. >> spread your legs -- you say that to somebody in north dakota, they think it's a frisk. >> i'm at a loss. i don't know where to go with that. spread your legs. you're about to be frisked. >> spread your legs could have been avoid. maybe a cop can say it and get away with it. >> some f
a spokesman said she called into thursday's meeting of the foreign policy advisory board. secretary clinton spent three days in the hospital being treated for a blood clot discovered during a follow-up exam for a concussion she suffered last month. mrs. clinton plans to return to work next week. >>> well, president obama is continuing his holiday vacation in hawaii. one day after returning to the island, the president treated his daughters to some bowling and an iconic hawaiian island...
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but it is not all on account of its foreign policy. there are many other dimensions to the conflict in the region. afghans, i would also say they cannot place the blame for all the problems that there are onto others. the first point that i would like to emphasize, because this has been talked about quite a bit in the past, not as much now i have not met in several years, even while i was in the foreign office, any responsible person from the civilian leadership or the military leadership who would be thinking of the taliban as an asset for the future. the foreign minister of late, and even the army chiefs, have rejected these notions. but i am not going into details, where the taliban is concerned. there is no question of their returning to kabul and the way they did in the mid-1990's. there are many reasons for this. one can go into the details, but i will skip it for the moment. but there is one thing. pakistan could not treat the taliban as it treated al qaeda. there are demographics, history, and cultural traditions. the iranians
but it is not all on account of its foreign policy. there are many other dimensions to the conflict in the region. afghans, i would also say they cannot place the blame for all the problems that there are onto others. the first point that i would like to emphasize, because this has been talked about quite a bit in the past, not as much now i have not met in several years, even while i was in the foreign office, any responsible person from the civilian leadership or the military leadership who...
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when we started it 1983, it was our first dedicated foreign policy center at the heritage foundation. back and asian security was all about what was happening here in the cold war. from that perspective, the study of the soviet union might have made more sense. to as we talked, we talked about the potential it could be conceivable u.s. trade with asia with equal trade across the atlantic. today it is much several times greater than that we have them blessed that over the years we have seen their remarkable economic growth and development. it is our pleasure to recognize that in terms of economic freedom as it has evolved throughout asia and pacific countries and indeed throughout the region. wheel is new our good and friends in japan and that a mutual relationship, the mutual defense treaty would be central. but we also thought asia deserved fully of broader treatment in its own right so we invested in the future. as we look ahead but those in the range of foreign and strategic and economic policy issues coming today it is hard to distinguish one from the other benghazi look ahead the
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but this is still barack obama as foreign policy. susan rice may want to intervene but she also has to deal with the other national security team, including the secretary of state. >> the one thing to worry about, and to some extent, with ofan rice, they have a view intervention for humanitarian reasons. that is very risky. foreign policy is not social work. you have to have a really hard- headed assessment. if we're going to commit american troops, it has to be on the basis of our own security and interest. to cannot make a hostage humanitarian. otherwise, we would be everywhere in the world. >> more have details from the irs. dealing with sexual assault in the military. >> there is a difference between spending others money and your own. people in government 10 not to treat taxpayer dollars as their own. that is a cultural problem. >> senator lindsey graham reacting to the new that the irs spent millions on everything from event planners to a video conference. pack rat on to the news that the irs has been zeroing in on conservative
but this is still barack obama as foreign policy. susan rice may want to intervene but she also has to deal with the other national security team, including the secretary of state. >> the one thing to worry about, and to some extent, with ofan rice, they have a view intervention for humanitarian reasons. that is very risky. foreign policy is not social work. you have to have a really hard- headed assessment. if we're going to commit american troops, it has to be on the basis of our own...
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you should trust in american foreign policy and in our wisdom. we know what we are doing and you should support us. they would look at you very politely and not say anything. and then we went six months back and announcing this policy there is a deadline they would say you and your policy is only good for one year they would say no, no, no, we are going to succeed in one year and then they would say but that makes all of your conclusions and arguments even less credible than before because we know that this isn't a one year game so how are you going to do it? as soon as this was done we ended up going back and saying we are starting the troop withdrawal and we are going to be gone by 2014. so, what i saw is it is almost like we were constantly talking to ourselves, this largely america headline driven it sounded good. it never convince anybody. in fact by the end what i saw is they concluded that we are confused and lack commitment. it's very dangerous for those countries to hitch their wagons to the united states wouldn't you just wait for me to
you should trust in american foreign policy and in our wisdom. we know what we are doing and you should support us. they would look at you very politely and not say anything. and then we went six months back and announcing this policy there is a deadline they would say you and your policy is only good for one year they would say no, no, no, we are going to succeed in one year and then they would say but that makes all of your conclusions and arguments even less credible than before because we...
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the foreign policy was. even though we were in the big war or spending $100 billion a month on the war, in the end, our strategy was not governed by finishing the war. the domestic policies which basically said, you know, do what the military wants because then that's popular and the responsibility with them. we don't want to do anything risky where the president has to risk political capital. that's why you need to cage hole brooke or basically shoot down the idea of -- >> host: and they weren't sure easy to control. >> guest: eventually could say no to this and that. and but, you know, he continued to believe that this war the strategy is wrong. he thought that if we search it will exit faster and exit leave the region without anything to show for the war. it's going to hurt his more. and five years down the road you have another 9/11. it comes exactly from that region and revert back to everything we talked about in 2001, 2002. >> host: we've done a lot of criticizing. president obama and what he's done a
the foreign policy was. even though we were in the big war or spending $100 billion a month on the war, in the end, our strategy was not governed by finishing the war. the domestic policies which basically said, you know, do what the military wants because then that's popular and the responsibility with them. we don't want to do anything risky where the president has to risk political capital. that's why you need to cage hole brooke or basically shoot down the idea of -- >> host: and they...
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jobs, energy, and foreign policy. why don't we embrace this? >> because of people like your former boss. don't like it. we like to blame america first who, by the way, what a lunatic she is. look where they are. look where they are exploring other types of fuels. in texas, the economy is booming. we will get to that in the next block. i look at all the resources here. look at the pact had a we are exporting clean, cheap, natural gas. while we import dirty, expensive crude from the middle east. why do we have these military carriers before we send more out. guarding the oil in the middle east. helping them make millions of dollars. i will go back to this point. what do we get for it in return? nothing. saudis have been floating about $130 billion around the middle east to prevent the arab string from rolling into their country. not our friends. >> dana, what do you make of all of this? >> i think if you want to help -- people say, well, why would we bother helping anybody overseas when we have people here suffering here at home? the answer to th
jobs, energy, and foreign policy. why don't we embrace this? >> because of people like your former boss. don't like it. we like to blame america first who, by the way, what a lunatic she is. look where they are. look where they are exploring other types of fuels. in texas, the economy is booming. we will get to that in the next block. i look at all the resources here. look at the pact had a we are exporting clean, cheap, natural gas. while we import dirty, expensive crude from the middle...
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policy during the cold war. gillick surprise winning journalist david henkel reports on an infantry battalion that returned from baghdad in thank you for your service. in thomas jefferson's koran, islam and the founders, american scholar of islamic history recounts thomas jefferson's academic interest in islam which incurred to believe in religious pluralism. look for these titles in bookstores this coming we can watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> you are watching booktv. next george morgan tells the story of his mother, mary sherman morgan, the first female rocket scientist in the united states and inventor of hydyne, the propellant that boosted america's first satellite into orbit. the program mary sherman morgan worked on was highly secret so her family had little idea of her accomplishments until after her death. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. i would like to thank the bookstore for inviting me this evening. i have a few prepared remarks whi
policy during the cold war. gillick surprise winning journalist david henkel reports on an infantry battalion that returned from baghdad in thank you for your service. in thomas jefferson's koran, islam and the founders, american scholar of islamic history recounts thomas jefferson's academic interest in islam which incurred to believe in religious pluralism. look for these titles in bookstores this coming we can watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> you...
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there's a, you know, variety of what foreign policy should be in tehran. but my argument is that u.s. policy is effectively containing iran's ambitions even if it develops nuclear weapons. the policy of sanctions has undoubtly lead to a declining economy as barbara said. it is in danger -- effecting iranian's good will toward the united states. but it's also having some practical effect in term of u.s. objective. as iran's economy gets weaker, it impacts tehran's ability to project power in the region. tehran will have less money to fund terrorist groups like hezbollah and ha mas and maintain the influence in the wake of the arab spring. it's really the arab spring the region nam dynamic within the middle east that are containing iran's ambition along with u.s. policy. let's look at what is going on primarily in syria. it's the gate way of influence to the arab world. iran is a persian majority country. that's faced difficulties in expanding and enforcing the influence of the region. if bashar al-assad falls it will severely iran's impact to project power.
there's a, you know, variety of what foreign policy should be in tehran. but my argument is that u.s. policy is effectively containing iran's ambitions even if it develops nuclear weapons. the policy of sanctions has undoubtly lead to a declining economy as barbara said. it is in danger -- effecting iranian's good will toward the united states. but it's also having some practical effect in term of u.s. objective. as iran's economy gets weaker, it impacts tehran's ability to project power in the...
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it in a much more coherent foreign policy? that isn't on the front burner right now. currently they can get on the front burner in the morning. but notice i didn't say it's too big of a republican campaign. it should be a national conversation we should say to every democrat republican libertarian, every socialist this is the best that you think america can do? let me put in context you see why some grow impatient with my friends in washington. recently the internal revenue service announced that it has sent $4 billion last year to crooks. this is the refund for your taxes. when they said crooks, they said 585 checks to one address in singapore. they set over 850 checks to one address in lithuania. on one level you have to ask yourself how you ended up with a government so mindless and so incompetent that it could do this. $4 billion isn't good money, but if you had to choose between getting away to the crooks in lithuania or singapore or spending it on student education and health i would argue there would probably be dramati
it in a much more coherent foreign policy? that isn't on the front burner right now. currently they can get on the front burner in the morning. but notice i didn't say it's too big of a republican campaign. it should be a national conversation we should say to every democrat republican libertarian, every socialist this is the best that you think america can do? let me put in context you see why some grow impatient with my friends in washington. recently the internal revenue service announced...
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but foreign policy is about choosing. foreign policy, like all public policy,ing about priority. it's sometimes about not letting the urgent crowd out the important. and what we have to do is look at not simply the middle east or to use the cliche, one square on the chess board, we have to look at the entire chess board and look at the middle east compared to everything else we want to do across the world and here at home. and we also have to know something about the middle east. one of the thing wes learned from vietnam, from iraq and from afghanistan, is we can sit around inside the beltway and debate this or that generalization of foreign policy, but at some point it comes up against local realities. geographical. historical, political, economic. there are real realities in the middle east, and we may say we want syria in the next six months or year to be a peaceful, thriving democracy, whether everybody is reading the federalist papers in arabic translation. i wish you well. ain't going to happen. but as a result we have too adjust our foreign policy accordingly. if we had th
but foreign policy is about choosing. foreign policy, like all public policy,ing about priority. it's sometimes about not letting the urgent crowd out the important. and what we have to do is look at not simply the middle east or to use the cliche, one square on the chess board, we have to look at the entire chess board and look at the middle east compared to everything else we want to do across the world and here at home. and we also have to know something about the middle east. one of the...
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now if you look at foreign policy, i think our foreign policy is absolutely rudderless. my sense is that we absolutely don't have a strategic sense of what we're doing. melissa: okay. >> and egypt is an example. syria too. melissa: so before we run out of time, is this particular crisis more serious than those ones that i just mentioned that seemed very serious at the time and like they could totally derail markets and economy? i understand they have been a drag but they were painted as, they could blow up these things, they did not. is this particular debt ceiling, is it more serious than all of the things i mentioned? charles, go first. paul next. >> it is more serious if they fail to actually reach an agreement that might lead to debt non-payment. we're still in the middle of it. if greece had actually defaulted or somebody pulled out of the euro that would have been serious too. right now that doesn't look like that will happen. we don't know about washington. melissa: more serious or same amount, or less? >> more serious but there's a much smaller chance of it happe
now if you look at foreign policy, i think our foreign policy is absolutely rudderless. my sense is that we absolutely don't have a strategic sense of what we're doing. melissa: okay. >> and egypt is an example. syria too. melissa: so before we run out of time, is this particular crisis more serious than those ones that i just mentioned that seemed very serious at the time and like they could totally derail markets and economy? i understand they have been a drag but they were painted as,...
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military as the two-time foreign policy because they did not cause the war it was the decision of the civilian of the pentagon and the white house and the state department and the war it -- the way it played out that general petraeus and that being a hero of the iraq war and the surge in debt being the military solution to a catastrophe caused that way and as the expression -- expression goes they drink their own chalaza they can now thinking it deserved all the resources it could get and has the solution to the problem and definitely doesn't need diplomats or diplomacy. and thought it has reinvented the ending of the warsaw with world war ii we go to vietnam are varieties of war around the world but the diplomats and dip negotiating and to look at the balkans in vietnam kissinger are holbrooke were in charge and the military provided them to the with many to go to negotiations in paris with the backing of the military. so it came to be a coin strategy not only the savior of the war with a counterinsurgency of what would end the war by america's global strategy to deal with terrorism
military as the two-time foreign policy because they did not cause the war it was the decision of the civilian of the pentagon and the white house and the state department and the war it -- the way it played out that general petraeus and that being a hero of the iraq war and the surge in debt being the military solution to a catastrophe caused that way and as the expression -- expression goes they drink their own chalaza they can now thinking it deserved all the resources it could get and has...
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i think that's the foreign policy. even though we were in a big war and spending $100 billion a month on this war, in the end, our strategy was not governed or directed by the logic of winning or finishing the war. but the logic of domestic politics. which said, you know, do what the military wants because then that's popular and possibility with them. we don't want to do anything risky where the president have to risk political capital. that's why you need to cage holbrooke or basically shoot down his idea of the political. >> host: they weren't sure they -- it's not easy to control. >> guest: eventually, they know no to this and say no to that. he continued to believe that, you know, this war, this strategy is wrong. he thought if we search, we'll exit faster. when we exit, we're going leave the region without anything to show for the war. it was going hurt us more. and five years down the road you have another 9/11 that come exactly from the region and we'll with back to everything we talked about in 2001, 2002. >>
i think that's the foreign policy. even though we were in a big war and spending $100 billion a month on this war, in the end, our strategy was not governed or directed by the logic of winning or finishing the war. but the logic of domestic politics. which said, you know, do what the military wants because then that's popular and possibility with them. we don't want to do anything risky where the president have to risk political capital. that's why you need to cage holbrooke or basically shoot...
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policy people can say enough is enough absolutely and i think it's a shift because americans are tired they're watching tens of thousands of veterans come home and they know in their heart that they have created a generation of injured souls that were going to be taken care of for a life time they see that they see the cost it's down to our economy i mean we're still living in a recession here no matter what republicans on the hill want to say about. growth people are still feeling the effects of the recession. so. this is a little. a very great description is that how i need to purge get your ear. the most important thing to do is to read all that if you go you can't do it. chill preach hate it to deteriorate and it was only by what you already know that the other. i disturbed. the. situation documents that if they are made by which people that we think office is it can only hope that with them to the end they are reports of they'll be back to. back for all that we love to be like though. i have to live vicariously any day by thinking of the. around the world. to get engaged in some f
policy people can say enough is enough absolutely and i think it's a shift because americans are tired they're watching tens of thousands of veterans come home and they know in their heart that they have created a generation of injured souls that were going to be taken care of for a life time they see that they see the cost it's down to our economy i mean we're still living in a recession here no matter what republicans on the hill want to say about. growth people are still feeling the effects...
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were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam"? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge -- >> are you answering the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. >> well -- >> i would like the answer whether you were right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer on a lot of things. >> well, let the record show you refused to answer that question. now please go ahead. >> well, if you would like me to explain why -- >> i actually would like an answer. yes or no? >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no. i think it's far more complicated than that. >> senator mccain and a lot of republican washington is banking on the lesson learned from the iraq war, being that we should have started that war, we should have escalated that war, we should have kept that war going, and now ten years on our only regret about the iraq war should be that we're
were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam"? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge -- >> are you answering the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. >> well -- >> i would like the answer whether you were right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >>...
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and military policy and china of course as you say wants to have a foreign policy that is common with its economic strength that's growing economic strength so we see these two tigers on the mountain as the expression goes in the asia realm and the united states really is caught in the middle of it doesn't really want to tangle with china and at the same time it has to support its ally japan but it's mostly a bystander role that it's playing john if i can stay with you that it's very interesting how you phrase this because the weakest link of american foreign policy in the pacific is its allies potentially because what it the japanese wanted to be more aggressive the filipinos the south koreans go on and on this is it's of to kerry's position for the united states to be put in because he wants to be quote unquote neutral but not everyone in the region wants the united states to be neutral and then because of these treaty commitments the united states may find itself having to do something that it really doesn't want to do go ahead john. as you point out the united states you know prof
and military policy and china of course as you say wants to have a foreign policy that is common with its economic strength that's growing economic strength so we see these two tigers on the mountain as the expression goes in the asia realm and the united states really is caught in the middle of it doesn't really want to tangle with china and at the same time it has to support its ally japan but it's mostly a bystander role that it's playing john if i can stay with you that it's very...
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military policy and china of course as you say wants to have a foreign policy that is common with its economic strength that's growing economic strength so we see these two tigers on the mountain as the expression goes in the asia realm and the united states really is caught in the middle of it doesn't really want to tangle with china and at the same time it has to support its ally japan but it's mostly a bystander role that it's playing john if i can stay with you that it's very interesting how you phrase this because the weakest link of american foreign policy in the pacific is its allies potentially because what if the japanese wanted to be more aggressive the filipinos the south koreans go on and on this is it's of to kerry's position for the united states to be put in because he wants to be quote unquote neutral but not everyone in the region wants the united states to be neutral and then because of these treaty commitments the united states may find itself having to do something that it really doesn't want to do go ahead john. as you point out the united states you know professe
military policy and china of course as you say wants to have a foreign policy that is common with its economic strength that's growing economic strength so we see these two tigers on the mountain as the expression goes in the asia realm and the united states really is caught in the middle of it doesn't really want to tangle with china and at the same time it has to support its ally japan but it's mostly a bystander role that it's playing john if i can stay with you that it's very interesting...
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american foreign policy retreat. he is briefed presidents, congress, many influential and not so intelligent people. he was born in tehran in 1960, and his family came to the united states having left tehran after the revolution. he has a bachelor's from masters , and earned his phd. well done. i won't go through your long list of accomplishments. there are special. but i would especially draw attention to a great part of your book which is the time you spent working under richard holbrooke in 20005-11 as part of the special office, special adviser on pakistan and afghanistan. special advisor to the secretary of state. there are always other offices one discovers that do the same thing you do, and that is part of the problem as you liotta your book which i found fascinating. other share how complex within islam will shape the future, forces of fortune, the rise of the new middle-class and what it will mean for our world. and in the you foretells certain great events that become the rise of sectarianism, although i di
american foreign policy retreat. he is briefed presidents, congress, many influential and not so intelligent people. he was born in tehran in 1960, and his family came to the united states having left tehran after the revolution. he has a bachelor's from masters , and earned his phd. well done. i won't go through your long list of accomplishments. there are special. but i would especially draw attention to a great part of your book which is the time you spent working under richard holbrooke in...
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both of these women, their expertise and talent represents where he wants to go with this foreign policy agenda, thelp problemsñrñr that we're facing as you said, i'm in charge, i get to decide who goes in what role. not you. >> two strong women and i've had two strong women start the show tonight. congresswoman marcia fudge and karen finney, your new show be begins this weekend. congratulations. >> thanks, reverend. >> we're all be watching. >>> the right wing scandal machine is about to be opened. big news on the president's approval and agenda today. >>> and caught on camera, an explosive response to the story of police brutality that we brought you last night. tonight, a deeper look into the long history of racial violence in texas. >> i was scared. i thought they were going to kill me. i mean, i thought i was going to lose my life. that was it. >>> and@tq1r right wing's ugly attack on first lady michelle obama over heckling. it's an ugly pattop- nv >>> and friend or foe, i want to know. e-mail me and i might just respond tonight. stay with us. hey kevin...still eating chalk for he
both of these women, their expertise and talent represents where he wants to go with this foreign policy agenda, thelp problemsñrñr that we're facing as you said, i'm in charge, i get to decide who goes in what role. not you. >> two strong women and i've had two strong women start the show tonight. congresswoman marcia fudge and karen finney, your new show be begins this weekend. congratulations. >> thanks, reverend. >> we're all be watching. >>> the right wing...
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joining me with his o economy, r associates, a foreign-policy adviser for ronald reagan. good to have you with us. >> site you very much. fun to be with you. lou: things are coming up. things are -- everyone is talking. so down and so anxious and concerned. i mean, what's going on. >> you have a very slow recovery really the thing i see that is wonderful is the obama's lost his ability to relieve materially affect legislation and bad economic policy. i think the era of obama is over , although we will have to live with his policies. i am looking to 2014 and 16 to major changes politically. seeing a very bright future for the u.s. lou: a fascinating perspective. you effectively believe -- >> yes. all of his big stuff occurred when a control the house and senate and was president. pelosi, reid, obamacare and all the other stuff. now he does not have the same power. frankly, i don't think you can push through bad legislation like you used to. that is a very good sign for the country. sen are later we will get rid of obamacare almost entirely. it is a terrible program. hurtin
joining me with his o economy, r associates, a foreign-policy adviser for ronald reagan. good to have you with us. >> site you very much. fun to be with you. lou: things are coming up. things are -- everyone is talking. so down and so anxious and concerned. i mean, what's going on. >> you have a very slow recovery really the thing i see that is wonderful is the obama's lost his ability to relieve materially affect legislation and bad economic policy. i think the era of obama is over...
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in what you might call the foreign-policy security venue. like many in this room i grow up during the cold war and yet i got to this point. what did it was really two things. if i had to sum it up in a sense because the united states has overreached abroad and we have underperformed at home and i'm worried as a result. i think we overreached abroad over the last few decades first in iraq and then secondly in afghanistan when we tried to remake that country. and as i watched some of the debates going on about syria i'm concerned we seem to have lost that, we haven't seemed to learn that lesson indeed as recently as today in the new york times people are saying it's time already to get over iraq. i don't want to get over iraq. i want to learn the lessons of iraq and apply those lessons so i'm worried that the united states has seriously over reached and it has allowed its foreign-policy with this emphasis in particular on the middle east and particularly remaking the middle east. that is not i believe either's possible or strategically wise an
in what you might call the foreign-policy security venue. like many in this room i grow up during the cold war and yet i got to this point. what did it was really two things. if i had to sum it up in a sense because the united states has overreached abroad and we have underperformed at home and i'm worried as a result. i think we overreached abroad over the last few decades first in iraq and then secondly in afghanistan when we tried to remake that country. and as i watched some of the debates...
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it's been so long since we've had any sort of clear cut foreign policy win. and that was a messy situation. eight servicemen died and ended jimmy carter's presidency or re-election bid and presented this this package. it is a clear feel good movie. "zero dark 30" is an incredibly gray movie. and i think it left people either angry that the questions weren't answered thoor there wasn't more of a clear cut viewpoint on torture. and even "lincoln" was, i think, a feel good movie because it sort of showed america coming together to end slavery and close a very ugly, bloody chapter in our nation's history. at the same time, you know, speaks of dysfunction in washington which makes us all a little queasy. >> you know what i liked about last night? i liked seth mcfarland. he was respectful in his own irrespectful way. i don't know. he was a wise guy. he said things he shouldn't have said about getting into lincoln's head and terrible lines. i get the sense he set it up so you could have shirley bassy come back and give that wonderful rendition of "gold finger." it's
it's been so long since we've had any sort of clear cut foreign policy win. and that was a messy situation. eight servicemen died and ended jimmy carter's presidency or re-election bid and presented this this package. it is a clear feel good movie. "zero dark 30" is an incredibly gray movie. and i think it left people either angry that the questions weren't answered thoor there wasn't more of a clear cut viewpoint on torture. and even "lincoln" was, i think, a feel good...
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this was after the crisis in the foreign policy. there was a deep crisis in american governance each and we remember this is posted vietnam syndrome when the nation was reluctant in international affairs. jimmy carter has hardly improved the situation but you have to sympathize with his predicament. president obama came to power after two terms of george w. bush, which i have to say did not quite improve american global spending. at the same time the united states maintains the predominant power, no question about that pitted the united states remains a predominant economic power. that is what putin basically was talking about. in terms of the financial system we build it and continue to run it and everyone depends upon us and on the chinese. .. even if you are exceptional, you have two act and the purpose and i think when people in different countries, they're asking, what kind of barack obama are they dealing with? i got a call yesterday from a leading gentleman journalist who reminded me how obama the team immensely popular in eu
this was after the crisis in the foreign policy. there was a deep crisis in american governance each and we remember this is posted vietnam syndrome when the nation was reluctant in international affairs. jimmy carter has hardly improved the situation but you have to sympathize with his predicament. president obama came to power after two terms of george w. bush, which i have to say did not quite improve american global spending. at the same time the united states maintains the predominant...
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foreign policy? and what does it mean for pipelines? the canadian government is anxiously awaiting a decision from the white house on the proposed keystone xl pipeline. it would carry out the oil sands nearly 2,000 miles to refineries on the u.s. gulf coast. the secretary of state john kerry who has long campaigned to cut the greenhouse emissions will ultimately recommend the approval or rejection of the pipeline to the president. but he isn't tipping his hand about where he stands on a project to deliver more of what opponents call canada's dirty oil to the u.s. refineries. >> we have a legitimate process that is under way and i intend to honor that. >> and those pipeline opponents just gathered in washington by the thousands telling the president to reject keystone xl. >> did you let this pipeline goes through, mr. president, the first thing that runs over is the credibility of the president of the united states of america. that's the first thing. [cheering] and what about the president himself? did his recent comments on climate chan
foreign policy? and what does it mean for pipelines? the canadian government is anxiously awaiting a decision from the white house on the proposed keystone xl pipeline. it would carry out the oil sands nearly 2,000 miles to refineries on the u.s. gulf coast. the secretary of state john kerry who has long campaigned to cut the greenhouse emissions will ultimately recommend the approval or rejection of the pipeline to the president. but he isn't tipping his hand about where he stands on a project...
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let me say that i think the administration has lots to be proud of on the foreign policy front. i strongly disagree with charles krauthammer. i think it is major in the united states. i think when you think about what happened in egypt and libya and when you think about the effort the united states has made to get out of iraq to get out of afghanistan in such a way as to allow american troops to come home and allow us to reorient our efforts in such a way as to use the drones and again that's highly problematic many people think the drones are at the wrong set. the drones have been effective in terms of going after al qaeda's leadership. they have pioneered their use and effectiveness. >> the vacuum of leadership is creating some of these countries saying america is not going to be there for me. algeria what we just witnessed there like all of the countries that somehow these al qaeda groups are emboldened. >> i don't know how they would be emboldened. america has been effected in ousting moammar khaddafy. he is not on this earth. bin laden is not on the earth. there is a need f
let me say that i think the administration has lots to be proud of on the foreign policy front. i strongly disagree with charles krauthammer. i think it is major in the united states. i think when you think about what happened in egypt and libya and when you think about the effort the united states has made to get out of iraq to get out of afghanistan in such a way as to allow american troops to come home and allow us to reorient our efforts in such a way as to use the drones and again that's...
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vice president cheney's next stop after meeting to advise them on foreign policy was another speaking gig at the republican national committee spring meeting in los angeles, the official national republican party meeting. this year is aimed specifically at the challenge of, quote, broadening the republican party's appeal with voters. so congressional republicans called in dick cheney for advice on foreign policy matters, and the national republican party turned to dick cheney for advice on broadening the party's appeal. because when you think broad appeal to the electorate, do you think dick cheney? now to be fair, the rnc didn't just turn to dick cheney on this matter. they decided to bring in other experts as well. again, the stated aim of the republican party's national meeting right now in los angeles is to reach out to new voters, specifically asian americans, blacks, hispanics, and young people. so to do that, to make that outreach, the party decided to bring in the aforementioned dick cheney, and decided to bring in one of the people that runs breitbart website, the conservativ
vice president cheney's next stop after meeting to advise them on foreign policy was another speaking gig at the republican national committee spring meeting in los angeles, the official national republican party meeting. this year is aimed specifically at the challenge of, quote, broadening the republican party's appeal with voters. so congressional republicans called in dick cheney for advice on foreign policy matters, and the national republican party turned to dick cheney for advice on...
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i would like to take a second, talk about the foreign-policy agenda. japan's foreign policy going forward to protect freedom of thought, expression, and speech in the asia-pacific. can you think of anything more important than that? this will help transform the region. to make sure that the seas are governed by rule of law and not by intimidation or power. to pursue interconnected economies and bring about a more fruitful enter cultural ties with japan and other countries in asia. and to promote the exchange with the younger generation. these are the principles the prime minister has articulated and i think they are good for america. this is a partnership that is good for us. we will have a chance to hear prime minister abe. the meeting with the president was extended because -- i do not know how much he is going to tell us. it is a very important dialogue that we have between japan and america. this is the most foundational relationship we have and we needed to be successful. i know the prime minister will be a key leader for that. about 80% of americ
i would like to take a second, talk about the foreign-policy agenda. japan's foreign policy going forward to protect freedom of thought, expression, and speech in the asia-pacific. can you think of anything more important than that? this will help transform the region. to make sure that the seas are governed by rule of law and not by intimidation or power. to pursue interconnected economies and bring about a more fruitful enter cultural ties with japan and other countries in asia. and to...
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. >> translator: the bank of japan's monetary policy is critically important in terms of foreign exchange rates and in achieving a 2% inflation target. i strongly expect the central bank to act responsibly. >> prime minister abe also spoke about nuclear power. he indicated his government will consider allowing utilities to build new plants. >> translator: the government will go over what we've learned about the nuclear accident and check the progress of nuclear safety technology. i would like to carefully consider whether new plants can be built and it will take a certain amount of time. >> on diplomacy, abe said he'll give top priority to strengthening the japan/u.s. alliance. he said he hopes to visit the united states soon for a summit with president barack obama. >> translator: through the meeting i want to show my country and also the world that the strong bond between japan . . and the u.s. has been restored. >> abe said japanese and u.s. officials are now working out the timing of his visit. >>> prime mind minister abe working on another foreign policy issue. he wants to dealing wi
. >> translator: the bank of japan's monetary policy is critically important in terms of foreign exchange rates and in achieving a 2% inflation target. i strongly expect the central bank to act responsibly. >> prime minister abe also spoke about nuclear power. he indicated his government will consider allowing utilities to build new plants. >> translator: the government will go over what we've learned about the nuclear accident and check the progress of nuclear safety...
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foreign policy. i am a proponent of having a strong military instrument to support our foreign policy goals. i think during a period of war, because you have tens of thousands of americans in harm's way on the ground, the voice of the department of defense in foreign policy decisionmaking naturally becomes louder relative to times of peace when you don't have many, many americans in uniform in harm's way and that is appropriate, important that that voice be heard when so much is at risk and at stake in human terms. but i think even those senior military leaders in uniform would agree that the military should not dominate those circles. it needs to be heard, needs to be informing the debate. in my experience in the three years i served with president obama, this is a president who has no problem hearing dissenting views. in fact will be to the person who is calling in the back row. you will be called on and asked if you have a dissenting view. if you look like you have one. this is a president who see
foreign policy. i am a proponent of having a strong military instrument to support our foreign policy goals. i think during a period of war, because you have tens of thousands of americans in harm's way on the ground, the voice of the department of defense in foreign policy decisionmaking naturally becomes louder relative to times of peace when you don't have many, many americans in uniform in harm's way and that is appropriate, important that that voice be heard when so much is at risk and at...
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status in the world and i think there's a bit of panic going on here in the united states foreign policy establishment because if they cannot break china up then the united states is destined if china is to become a moderately prosperous country and bring wellbeing to its citizens then the united states will be set in place just for a few of the different population i think so i think it was it was a bit of good or bad at first it won't go ahead ok fine. well i mean i think there's a lot more to the pivot to asia than simply containment of china i think that that's a very simplistic rendering of the idea and i wouldn't be i also wouldn't be overly sanguine about the ceiling issue fact that there is never been a threat to the sea lanes doesn't mean that there never could be a threat and i think the united states has a legitimate interest in protecting the sea lanes in global commerce and it isn't just washington's interest you also have to consider several of the other countries in the region that have very very advanced trade relations with the u.s. japan and south korea the philippines
status in the world and i think there's a bit of panic going on here in the united states foreign policy establishment because if they cannot break china up then the united states is destined if china is to become a moderately prosperous country and bring wellbeing to its citizens then the united states will be set in place just for a few of the different population i think so i think it was it was a bit of good or bad at first it won't go ahead ok fine. well i mean i think there's a lot more...
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you decide what kind of a foreign-policy we're going to have. allow think we should presidents to go to war when they please, or maybe the founders were right and we should do something old- fashioned -- don't go to war unless there is a declaration of war? that's the only time. [applause] those are the things you will have to decide on. you will have to decide that keynesian economics is a failure. it is nothing more than an excuse to expand the government. what comes when you have freedom and a sound currency, you have a huge middle class. america was always known to have the biggest middle class ever, and the wealthiest middle class ever. but not anymore. look at statistics on unemployment. 100 million people receiving .ome type of food assistance inflation is still with us. i would say that the results have been very poor. we are in a situation where we are not producing either. we create a situation where we don't produce our -- our greatest exporter are our dollars. you will have to do something. you will have to decide -- if you get a lit
you decide what kind of a foreign-policy we're going to have. allow think we should presidents to go to war when they please, or maybe the founders were right and we should do something old- fashioned -- don't go to war unless there is a declaration of war? that's the only time. [applause] those are the things you will have to decide on. you will have to decide that keynesian economics is a failure. it is nothing more than an excuse to expand the government. what comes when you have freedom and...
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foreign policy success of the first term. >> your campaign was a bitter campaign. i'll spare reading you what you said. how long did it take to get over that? >> oh! what question will pely ask the president and what questions should he ask the president? mr. president what is your favorite salty snack or 7.9% unemployment and record number of people on food stamps. how will you fix that, sir? mr. president, baltimore or san francisco? or gasoline prices from baltimore to san francisco are ripping a whole through my wallet? what are you going to do sir? bring it around the table. bob? kidding. kimberly? >> kimberly: we should ask about obamacare and why he is going to penalize say a family of four making $96,000 and charge them $20,000 for obamacare. if you see the i.r.s. regulations, they are crippling. especially on the middle class and families trying to make ends meet. i think they are penalty when you look at it. >> andrea: ask him if he agrees with secretary of state, or former now, clinton's assessment we are in a global war against radical islamic jihadist.
foreign policy success of the first term. >> your campaign was a bitter campaign. i'll spare reading you what you said. how long did it take to get over that? >> oh! what question will pely ask the president and what questions should he ask the president? mr. president what is your favorite salty snack or 7.9% unemployment and record number of people on food stamps. how will you fix that, sir? mr. president, baltimore or san francisco? or gasoline prices from baltimore to san...
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. >> foreign policy is actually not foreign. >> america has faced great hardship before and each time we have risen to the challenge. >> the ultimate test is to move our society from where it is to where it has never been. >> narrator: join us as we discuss today's most critical global issues. join us for "great decisions." >> great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, inspiring americans to learn more about the world. sponsorship of great decisions is provided by credit suisse, eni, the hurford foundation, and pricewaterhousecoopers llp. >> coming up next, the generals and the democrat: burma in transition. (instrumental music) >> burma, also known as myanmar, is a nation born from war. a former british colony, burma saw an opportunity for independence at the outset of world war ii. >> in burma, independence day calls for formal celebrations. this week its people have been marking 64 years since the end of british colonial rule. for much of that time burma was tightly controlled by the military. any dissent was ultimately crushed. >> so if you look at the modern h
. >> foreign policy is actually not foreign. >> america has faced great hardship before and each time we have risen to the challenge. >> the ultimate test is to move our society from where it is to where it has never been. >> narrator: join us as we discuss today's most critical global issues. join us for "great decisions." >> great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, inspiring americans to learn more about the world. sponsorship of...